To be accredited is to be recognized as meeting required standards. In the case of educational institutions, accreditation by one of the six regional accrediting agencies authorized by the U.S. Department of Education is the highest level of accreditation available. Accrediting agencies review the institutions they accredit to ensure that they satisfy the agency’s accreditation criteria.

Lake Superior College is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Universities. As one of the six federally recognized regional accrediting agencies, HLC accredits institutions of higher education in the following nineteen-states: Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming.